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Auction #130 begins on 09 Apr 2026

BOCACCE - LEBÈGUE (Léon)

LA FIANCÉE DU ROY DE GARBE

Illustrations watercolored and reworked in gold, including 6 full-page, by Léon Lebègue.

Published: H. Floury, Paris, 1903

Reserve: $650

Approximately:

Estimate: $1100-1300

Bidding opens: 9 Apr 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 16 Apr 16:30 GMT

Ships from: France

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Paris, H. Floury, 1903.

In-8 (264x205mm) Jansenist binding in dark green Moroccan, spine with 4 raised bands with gilded title piece.
Frame of the interior covers in green morocco decorated with gilded fillets and fleurons, linings and guards in garnet silk, gilded edges, covers and spine preserved, slipcase. Binding signed Meunier.

Illustrations watercolored and reworked in gold, including 6 full-page, by Léon Lebègue.

Limited edition of 189 copies; one of 40 on vellum paper tinted on the form, from the Rives paper mills (n° XXIV), with the black print, on China paper, of all the illustrations. Each page is decorated with a figure, initial or frame by the artist.






Condition: rubbed slipcase with bumped corners, small scratches on the spine of the binding, cover slightly dusty. The whole is in very good condition.

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Size: In-8 (264 x 205 mm)


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